Howard keel biography imdb
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Howard Keel was the Errol Flynn and Clark Gable of "golden age" movie musicals back in the 1950s. With a barrel-chested swagger and cocky, confident air, the 6'4" brawny baritone Keel had MGM's loveliest songbirds swooning helplessly for over a decade in what were some of the finest musical films ever produced.
Born Harry (or Harold) Clifford Keel in Gillespie, Illinois, in 1919 to Homer Charles Keel and Grace (Osterkamp) Keel, and the brother of Frederick William Keel, his childhood was unhappy, his father being a hard-drinking coal miner and his mother a stern, repressed Methodist homemaker. When Keel was 11 his father died, and the family moved to California. He later earned his living as a car mechanic, then found work during WWII at Douglas Aircraft in Los Angeles. His naturally untrained voice was discovered by the staff of his aircraft company and soon he was performing at various entertainments for the company's clients. He was inspired to sing
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Howard Keel
American actor and singer (1919–2004)
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Keel in trailer for Annie Get Your Gun (1950) | |
Born | Harold Clifford Keel (1919-04-13)April 13, 1919 Gillespie, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | November 7, 2004(2004-11-07) (aged 85) Palm Desert, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1943–2002 |
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Children | 4 |
In office 1958–1959 | |
Preceded by | Leon Ames |
Succeeded by | Ronald Reagan |
Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004),[1] professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice.[2] He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, includin
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Howard Keel (1919–2004)
(US & Canada)
(Worldwide)
AMV Hell (2004)
(Short) - Performer ("Anything You Can Do") Performer ("Anything You Can Do") See fewer
Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci (2000)
(Video) - Frank Butler (archive footage), Performer ("Col. Buffalo Bill", "There's No Business Like Show Business") Frank Butler (archive footage), Performer ("Col. Buffalo Bill", "There's No Business Like Show Business") See fewer
Speechless (1994)
Performer ("Anything You Can Do") Performer ("Anything You Can Do") See fewer
$38MM
$4MM
$21MM
$21MM
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Self - Co-Host / Narrator, Performer ("Anything You Can Do" (1946)) (uncredited) Self - Co-Host / Narrator, Performer ("Anything You Can Do" (1946)) (uncredited) See fewer
$2.5MM
$36K
$280K
$280K